Top Artists

Paulina Rubio

Artist, Contributor

Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio is one of the Latin world’s most successful artists, with nine albums to her credit.

Eros Ramazzotti

Artist, Contributor

An Italian who’s found success on the Latin Pop circuit, Ramazzotti’s been leaning towards rock in recent years.

Elis Regina

Artist, Contributor

One of Brazil’s most spectacularly popular singers, Elis Regina died in 1982 of a cocaine and alcohol overdose.

Demi Lovato

Artist, Contributor

Demi Lovato is a rock-tinged pop singer who got her start with Disney, starring with the Jonas Brothers in Camp Rock.

Bring Me The Horizon

Artist, Contributor

Dubbed deathcore though they’re more complex, these Brits have been taking cues from American hardcore and metal since 2004.

No Doubt

Artist, Contributor

From underground ska band to mainstream commercial pop band, No Doubt’s career has taken many interesting turns.

Top Works

After Hours

The Weeknd

The first two singles off After Hours were released within three days of each other in November 2019. “Heartless,” a boastful belter made with Metro Boomin, Illangelo, and Dre Moon, ticked all the boxes to please Abel Tesfaye’s base. Pills, cars, fame, women, and the hard-fought reward for all the overindulgence — a ruthless world view to keep the cycle going — were all in the mix. “Never need a bitch, I’m what a bitch need/Tryin’ to find the one that can fix me,” contradictory and confused as ever, made the song entirely on brand. Then came the …

The Infamous

Mobb Deep

One of the cornerstones of the New York hardcore movement, The Infamous is Mobb Deep’s masterpiece, a relentlessly bleak song cycle that’s been hailed by hardcore rap fans as one of the most realistic gangsta albums ever recorded. Given Mobb Deep’s youthful age and art-school background, it’s highly unlikely that The Infamous is drawn strictly from real-life experience, yet it’s utterly convincing, because it has all the foreboding atmosphere and thematic sweep of an epic crime drama. That’s partly because of the cinematic vision behind the duo’s detailed narratives, but it’…

It Was Good Until It Wasn’t

Kehlani

A twisting route to Kehlani’s second proper album reached the final stretch on Valentine’s Day 2020 with YG’s “Konclusions,” the most personal in a string of intermediary tracks on which the singer was featured. It was a fairly typical (if highly detailed) question of commitment from the headliner, answered in the affirmative by Kehlani’s hook. Only a few days later, Kehlani responded to the contrary with her own “Valentine’s Day (Shameful),” a two-part ballad in which she accosted a cheating, unappreciative ex. While the song didn’t appear on May arrival It Was Good …

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